[dpdk-dev,1/2] mbuf: provide rte_pktmbuf_alloc_bulk API
Commit Message
rte_pktmbuf_alloc_bulk allocates a bulk of packet mbufs.
There is related thread about this bulk API.
http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/4718/
Thanks to Konstantin's loop unrolling.
Signed-off-by: Gerald Rogers <gerald.rogers@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Huawei Xie <huawei.xie@intel.com>
Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
---
lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)
@@ -1336,6 +1336,37 @@ static inline struct rte_mbuf *rte_pktmbuf_alloc(struct rte_mempool *mp)
}
/**
+ * Allocate a bulk of mbufs, initialize refcnt and reset the fields to default
+ * values.
+ *
+ * @param pool
+ * The mempool from which mbufs are allocated.
+ * @param mbufs
+ * Array of pointers to mbufs
+ * @param count
+ * Array size
+ * @return
+ * - 0: Success
+ */
+static inline int rte_pktmbuf_alloc_bulk(struct rte_mempool *pool,
+ struct rte_mbuf **mbufs, unsigned count)
+{
+ unsigned idx;
+ int rc;
+
+ rc = rte_mempool_get_bulk(pool, (void **)mbufs, count);
+ if (unlikely(rc))
+ return rc;
+
+ for (idx = 0; idx < count; idx++) {
+ RTE_MBUF_ASSERT(rte_mbuf_refcnt_read(mbufs[idx]) == 0);
+ rte_mbuf_refcnt_set(mbufs[idx], 1);
+ rte_pktmbuf_reset(mbufs[idx]);
+ }
+ return rc;
+}
+
+/**
* Attach packet mbuf to another packet mbuf.
*
* After attachment we refer the mbuf we attached as 'indirect',